In a guest post for Educlaytion forever ago, I mentioned that I like Kevin Smith movies. Mallrats and Clerks are my favorites. I’ve never been a fan of Chasing Amy, but I decided to rewatch it.
It still stunk.
Maybe it’s because it was the first Kevin Smith movie that was more serious than funny.
Or was it? When Holden suggests that he, Banky, and Alyssa have a threesome to solve all of their problems, I kept waiting for Holden to yell “Psych!”…but he never did.
The dude was totally serious. Which made me think that guys are morons. So that’s the most important lesson I learned from Chasing Amy: Guys are morons. (Bitter about my ringless finger? I think so. Just a smidge.)
But I also learned…
- Archie and Mr. Weatherbee were lovers.
- Star Wars is about how the white man keeps the brother man down…even in a galaxy far, far away.
- When you say, “I love you” and the thunder sounds right after, you shouldn’t have said it.
- Silent Bob can talk. In complete sentences.
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June 16th, 2011 at 7:46 am
Have ya seen Dogma? A fine Kevin Smith movie.
June 17th, 2011 at 7:40 am
Yep, I like that one. But not as much as Clerks and Mallrats.
June 16th, 2011 at 8:09 am
We can’t help it. It comes with the Y chromosome.
June 17th, 2011 at 7:40 am
Excuses, excuses….
June 16th, 2011 at 9:50 am
Dude! FINALLY! Someone else that thought Chasing Amy was a waste of time! Woo!
My problem wasn’t the seriousness. It was only a little bit the moronic main character. Mostly, I didn’t LIKE anyone. I didn’t want to know any of the characters because they were self absorbed jerks. It’s like going to a party and realizing that you wouldn’t want to save ANYONE if the building burned down, but you stay for the booze anyway.
June 17th, 2011 at 7:40 am
That is an excellent comparison!
June 16th, 2011 at 9:59 am
Kevin Smith is REALLY hit or miss for me. He’s kind of leaned on the same shtick forever. But apparently he has a new horror movie coming out (or it came out already? I have no idea…..bad sign)…maybe that’s a little less on the run-on, juvenile dialogue?
June 17th, 2011 at 7:41 am
A horror movie? Hmmmm…. I’ll have to look that up.
June 16th, 2011 at 10:48 am
I remember seeing “Chasing Amy” and not liking it. It left a bad taste in my mouth, but I’ll be damned if I can remember the first thing about it. Think about a vacation in Paris. It will cure all your ills and raise your spirits. Go alone. I’ll meet you there.
June 17th, 2011 at 12:13 pm
Wee-wee. Look! I already know French. If I go, I’ll let you know!
June 16th, 2011 at 3:57 pm
I wish I could watch all movies with you and then we can talk about them…
June 17th, 2011 at 12:13 pm
Le sigh. That would be awesome. Maybe we should plan to watch one at the same time and then do blog posts about them.
June 16th, 2011 at 6:36 pm
I was feeling really unhip, not having seen any Kevin Smith films in your post. Thank goodness Chris Wa mentioned Dogma . I remember seeing that and liking it.
June 17th, 2011 at 12:14 pm
Hurray! My friend was an extra in that. He was one of the dead police officers near the end.
June 16th, 2011 at 7:34 pm
This isn’t one of my favorite Kevin Smith movies, either. But, yes, Holden is a moron. That much is crystal clear. The best part about that movie are the Jay and Silent Bob bits.
June 17th, 2011 at 12:15 pm
Maybe that was part of the problem for me: not enough Jay and Silent Bob.
June 16th, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Love Kevin Smith movies, but not this one. Bah! Clerks, most definitely, my fav!
ROFL @ what you learned list! :->
June 17th, 2011 at 12:15 pm
Thanks! Clerks is good. Did you see that 2nd one?
June 17th, 2011 at 6:11 am
I am also not a fan of Chasing Amy — I find myself yelling at the TV more than usual!
June 17th, 2011 at 12:17 pm
Stupid, stupid movie….
June 17th, 2011 at 8:56 am
Okay, maybe you are my bloggy soulmate. I too was ridiculed for not calling Chasing Amy amazingly awesome years ago. Mallrats is from a different place you know? Although I do laugh a lot at “What’s a nubian?”
June 17th, 2011 at 12:20 pm
There are some nice one-liners in Chasing Amy.
I’m glad I’m nearly back to bloggy soulmate status.